TRAVEL OF TURKS TO KIRKUK SEPT 11 BY BUS THROUGH

UNCLAS ANKARA 005780 SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR/SE, NEA, AND PM; OSD FOR NSC FOR BRYZA; JCS FOR J5; CENTCOM FOR J5 AND POLAD; EUCOM FOR J3, J4 AND J5 E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC SUBJECT: TRAVEL OF TURKS TO KIRKUK SEPT 11 BY BUS THROUGH HABUR-IBRAHIM KHALIL BORDER GATE REF: A. ANKARA 5037 ¶B. ANKARA 5232 ¶C. ANKARA 5327 The Embassy received a fax message from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 September requesting assistance to transport two busses of Turks traveling to Iraq to attend the Third Turkoman General Assembly, which is being held in Kirkuk, 13-16 September. They are requesting appropriate security measures be provided for the group that will travel through Iraq and enabling their swift and safe transit to Kirkuk. Below is a list of names of the bus drivers, license numbers of the buses, and passengers. BUS 1 -------------- Mercedes 403, plate no. 06 ZJR 97 Driver name: Izzettin Benzigul - Passport no. TR-G 597523 Name of second driver: Abdulkadir Deger - Passport No. TR-N-127195 BUS 2 -------------- Mercedes 403, plate no. 34 MCU 23 Driver name: Yasar Olcay - Passport no. TR-F-300447 Name of second driver: Huseyin Bulut - Passport No. TR-F-761896 Below are the passenger names: CURA, Ali AKFIRAT, Fikret CETINKAYA, Ozer GUNAYDIN, Esref CELEBI, Orhan ALTINOK, Mehtap DOGAN, Durak AKAY, Resul GHAZALY, Abdel Halim DILEK, Bahadir Selim UNAL, Ali BOZTAS, Salih SAHIN, Nevin EKINCI, Masum OZGUN, Mahmur BAYKARA, Murat KOSUS, Zahidin ADENGIN, Yabya OZNUR, Hakki OZBEK, Mehmer AKCA, Sarhar KILIC, Huseyin CALIBEL, Cansu ERTURAN, Atilla TUNC, Ferat UNLU, Murat KOYLU, Hllal OZCAN, Suayip OZDAG, Umit, Prof Dr. ERKMEN, Serhat UCAR, Alper Kaan DEMIREL, Faruk OZTURK, Zeki OZKAN, Yusuf ALTAN, Yavuz TEGRUL, Zeynep ALP, Aycan EKIZ, Fidan CENGIZ, Ceyhun COSAR, Osman OLEANANTE, Luci CAKIR, Mikcat BIZCANLI, Ahmet GUGLU, Mustafa KARAGUL, Sait YAVUZ, Muammer ER, Celal, Prof Dr. ISIK, Murat IBAR, Hilmi, Prof Dr. FEYIZOGLU, Adilhan, Dr. ABAKAY, Hayriye AHMED, Sadullah KOPRULU, Umit KETENE, Sait HALIL, Imat Mahmut KIZILAY, Abdurrahman HUMUZLU, Ismet KERVANCI, Selam FARAJ, Belgutay KHAYRULLAH, Ibrahim AHMED, Mehmet TERZI, Omer KHORSEID, Sinan Semin SARIKAHYA, Halik OSMAN, Ganim BACALAN, Kemal BEYATLI, Kemal BEYATLI, Aydin HALIL, Halil Mahmut TOWFIK, Yilmaz KETENE, Cengiz AVCI, Turgut CAMAT, Nur CELTEKLI, Figen EDELMAN